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#2 2007-04-02 17:23:03
- Incroyable
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Re: Attractive vs Ugly
Fortunately for me I am an attractive person!
What's most dismal in terms of esthetics is probably the average face.
Either way, the esthetics of human beauty was probably researched and addressed most strongly by the Greeks and subsequently, the Italians by way of the Greeks. Later on, the esthete, Winkelmann, would attempt to quantify the Greek esthetic as the Ideal. Kant developed a more nebulous, but throughly more compelling theory of beauty rooted in morality.
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#6 2007-04-03 07:07:49
- Tony Ventresca
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Re: Attractive vs Ugly
The "averaged" faces probably just blend together a bunch of triggers.
Everyone has certain triggers that trigger their interest.
Blend a bunch of them together and you'll have something to appeal to everyone.
Hence, the "averaged" faces are more broadly attractive?
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#7 2007-04-07 11:19:07
- LarsC
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Re: Attractive vs Ugly
When I read about research like this I get confused. Either it all means that people are sheep without any ability to discover their own sense of aesthetics, or it means that some professionals are afraid to interpret their research in a manner that could offend their sponsors.
And yes, I get easily get bored with "average" beauties. I like faces with a strong personality.
#8 2007-04-07 11:27:14
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Re: Attractive vs Ugly
Is there some way to translate this? Believe or not, some of us can't get through some of the German.
#12 2007-04-07 12:18:34
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Re: Attractive vs Ugly
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#14 2007-04-07 12:36:30
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... Mrs Lean need never know...
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"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#17 2007-04-08 17:03:12
- BCL
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Re: Attractive vs Ugly
In the late '90's, there was a magnificent TV special entitled, "The Human Face" on The Learning Channel, hosted by John Cleese(I think), in which there was something called 'the beauty ratio', though I've forgotten who invented it. It was based upon proportion and how featured relate to each other.
The beauty ratio was, IIRC, 1:1.617 and had the following attributes:
1.Full, voluminous eyes.
2.Medium-sized nose.
3.High, broad cheekbones.
4.Full lips.
5.I've forgotten about the chin info.
This was, of course, before TLC was cast into 'reality show' hell.
Take care, gents.
God bless.
-BCL